Doonie Point

Doonie Point is a rocky headland situated approximately 1.5 kilometres south of the village of Muchalls in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

[1][2] The clifftop of Doonie Point yields views to the north of Grim Brigs, Brown Jewel and the coast of Newtonhill.

To the south are views of the Castle Rock of Muchalls and the rugged North Sea coastline toward Stonehaven.

[3][4] Doonie Point is catalogued within the marine rescue activities for this part of the coast of northeast Scotland.

[6] The route was that taken by William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal and the Marquess of Montrose when they led a Covenanter army of 9000 men in the battle of the Civil War in 1639.

View from Doonie Point looking north along the North Sea coast.
View of Doonie Point from the north